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Is 8 the number of divisors excluding the numbers 24 and 1? Would 10 be a more apt answer?

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No. The 8 divisors include the factors 24 and 1. To see this, you can list out all the ways to multiply two numbers to get to 24, and count all the unique factors. 1 x 24 2 x 12 3 x 8 4 x 6 So, as shown above, there are 8 different divisors of 24, including 1 and 24.

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How do you find the odd divisors of an integer?

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One way to do this would be to make a factor tree, and then look for all of the odd divisors.

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What is the sum of the divisors of 600?

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The sum of the divisors is 19. The number of divisors is 6.

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If you navigate to the sources cited in the article, you can find more examples.

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What is the smallest positive integer with 6 divisors?

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If you mean six different divisors (and assuming all divisors must be positive integers), the smallest possible integer would be 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 = 720.

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Is there an equation to find the number of divisors for an integer number?

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Yes. It's given and explained in Step 2 above.

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